This is hands down my favorite song ever written. It's like a prog-love-ballad to me. There's nothing I've heard that comes close to this song. It's completely unique. The best line for me is "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." It's such an evocative line that makes you really think about what love is. It sums up the whole song for me. Love is deeper rooted than lust. It's a moment when you realise you can't live without someone. It's when you have the kind of weathered yearning and heavy sorrow that Jeff manages to convey with his voice. That's when you know you're in love. I have never felt so sad that someone I have never met has passed. What a damned musical genius he was! Love this song. RIP Jeff Buckley.
Very nice, but you omitted the part about Jeff having been incredibly sexy, much like his old man (although I suppose 27 or thereabouts is not considered old).
Very nice, but you omitted the part about Jeff having been incredibly sexy, much like his old man (although I suppose 27 or thereabouts is not considered old).
@hellofoghorn i could not agree more with you on the "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." line... i was sitting in traffic in downtown Tehran yesterday listening to Jeff Buckley, and that line got my attention :)
@hellofoghorn i could not agree more with you on the "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." line... i was sitting in traffic in downtown Tehran yesterday listening to Jeff Buckley, and that line got my attention :)
@hellofoghorn I agree with the line "My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder", and I believe this is probably an allusion to Richard's famous line from Shakespeare's Richard III: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Actually, just those four superlative metaphors "My kingdom... All my riches... All my blood... She's a tear..." just so meaningful and perfectly capture those feelings.
@hellofoghorn I agree with the line "My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder", and I believe this is probably an allusion to Richard's famous line from Shakespeare's Richard III: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Actually, just those four superlative metaphors "My kingdom... All my riches... All my blood... She's a tear..." just so meaningful and perfectly capture those feelings.
This is hands down my favorite song ever written. It's like a prog-love-ballad to me. There's nothing I've heard that comes close to this song. It's completely unique. The best line for me is "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." It's such an evocative line that makes you really think about what love is. It sums up the whole song for me. Love is deeper rooted than lust. It's a moment when you realise you can't live without someone. It's when you have the kind of weathered yearning and heavy sorrow that Jeff manages to convey with his voice. That's when you know you're in love. I have never felt so sad that someone I have never met has passed. What a damned musical genius he was! Love this song. RIP Jeff Buckley.
Very nice, but you omitted the part about Jeff having been incredibly sexy, much like his old man (although I suppose 27 or thereabouts is not considered old).
Very nice, but you omitted the part about Jeff having been incredibly sexy, much like his old man (although I suppose 27 or thereabouts is not considered old).
@hellofoghorn i could not agree more with you on the "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." line... i was sitting in traffic in downtown Tehran yesterday listening to Jeff Buckley, and that line got my attention :)
@hellofoghorn i could not agree more with you on the "a kingdom for a kiss on her shoulder." line... i was sitting in traffic in downtown Tehran yesterday listening to Jeff Buckley, and that line got my attention :)
@hellofoghorn I agree with the line "My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder", and I believe this is probably an allusion to Richard's famous line from Shakespeare's Richard III: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Actually, just those four superlative metaphors "My kingdom... All my riches... All my blood... She's a tear..." just so meaningful and perfectly capture those feelings.
@hellofoghorn I agree with the line "My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder", and I believe this is probably an allusion to Richard's famous line from Shakespeare's Richard III: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Actually, just those four superlative metaphors "My kingdom... All my riches... All my blood... She's a tear..." just so meaningful and perfectly capture those feelings.